Comments on: MNSPEC – The Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Group http://www.conradzero.com/mnspec-the-minnesota-speculative-fiction-writers-group/ Dark Fiction Author Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zero http://www.conradzero.com/mnspec-the-minnesota-speculative-fiction-writers-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 Zero Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:21:46 +0000 http://www.conradzero.com/?p=355#comment-1733 Thanks Anne, that's some great advice. I'll definitely look into the Natalie Goldberg technique and bring it up to the group, it sounds like fun. I know some members of our group are doing a similar project, although it's all online. <a href="http://www.coffeeandink.net/index.html" rel="nofollow"><img class="alignright" width="125" height="193" src="http://www.coffeeandink.net/images/coffeeandink250.jpg" alt="Coffee and Ink" /></a>Here's another fun writers group project: Two members of our group are sending writings back-and-forth and letting the story unfold through the writings between them. They don't discuss the writing, or explain themselves, they simply write back and forth to each other from the Point of View of the two characters, and the story takes shape. Your book sounds interesting as well, <a href="http://www.coffeeandink.net/order.html" rel="nofollow">Coffee and Ink: How a Writers Group Can Nourish Your Creativity</a> and there's some helpful tips for writers groups on Anne's Coffee and Ink Website: <a href="http://www.coffeeandink.net/order.html" rel="nofollow">coffeeandink.com</a> -Zero Thanks Anne, that’s some great advice. I’ll definitely look into the Natalie Goldberg technique and bring it up to the group, it sounds like fun. I know some members of our group are doing a similar project, although it’s all online.

Coffee and InkHere’s another fun writers group project: Two members of our group are sending writings back-and-forth and letting the story unfold through the writings between them. They don’t discuss the writing, or explain themselves, they simply write back and forth to each other from the Point of View of the two characters, and the story takes shape.

Your book sounds interesting as well, Coffee and Ink: How a Writers Group Can Nourish Your Creativity and there’s some helpful tips for writers groups on Anne’s Coffee and Ink Website: coffeeandink.com

-Zero

]]> By: Anne Da Vigo http://www.conradzero.com/mnspec-the-minnesota-speculative-fiction-writers-group/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Anne Da Vigo Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:26:53 +0000 http://www.conradzero.com/?p=355#comment-1732 One other way a writers group can operate is by writing together. My Sacramento, California group, which has been writing together for over 10 years, uses the Natalie Goldberg technique of writing from prompts. It is amazing, the powerful writing that emerges from 20 minutes with your pen in your hand or your laptop keys clicking. We read back our writing to each other and comment on what worked or what was memorable. Out of work begun in our group, members have published short stories, poems and creative non-fiction. Anne Da Vigo, co-author, Coffee and Ink: How a Writers Group Can Nourish Your Creativity One other way a writers group can operate is by writing together. My Sacramento, California group, which has been writing together for over 10 years, uses the Natalie Goldberg technique of writing from prompts. It is amazing, the powerful writing that emerges from 20 minutes with your pen in your hand or your laptop keys clicking. We read back our writing to each other and comment on what worked or what was memorable. Out of work begun in our group, members have published short stories, poems and creative non-fiction.

Anne Da Vigo, co-author, Coffee and Ink: How a Writers Group Can Nourish Your Creativity

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